Sadly for MG, there weren’t many buyers for either model. Only 82 production cars, including 42 SV-Rs, were completed before MG went belly up in 2005. Which makes this late-model 2005 SV-R a ...

As a result, the SV was a model known for its ‘thousand-mile ... owned by passionate MG fan and dealership sales director John Newey. Step into the SV-R’s cabin and it’s impossible ...

Car enthusiasts have the rare opportunity to snap up a British automotive unicorn as MG's forgotten noughties supercar - the XPower SV-R - is set to be sold to the highest bidder. The 2004 model ...

A 2005 MG XPower SV-R 5-Speed, a rare model with only 42 units produced for a single model year, is now up for auction on Bring A Trailer. This particular car is even further rarified, as it’s ...

Not everyone will have such fond memories, though. The SV arrived in the early 2000s with MG Rover – being run by the infamous Phoenix Four – haemorrhaging money and on the brink. Many would ...